Illa Fabulisis a web project documenting the amazing lives, opinions and creative works of inspirational Canadian women. The goal of the project is to feature a variety of women, both well-known and up-and-coming, with an aim to highlight their accomplishments and document their unique stories. Interviews and portraits are housed on illafabulis.com and the Illa Fabulismonthly podcast features selections from the previous month’s interviews mixed with related music, readings and performances.

Episodes

This month’s episode features highlights from the September POP Montreal Illa Fabulis interviews:

Sarah Shoucri • The publicist for the POP Montreal Festival talks about where she grew up in Montreal, how the city has changed and she shares with us some of her new music discoveries from the festival. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/sarah-shoucri/

Tessa Smith • Tessa coordinate’s the Puces POP artisan fair, performs in her band Brave Radar and co-runs the indie record label Fixture Records. She chats about lots of things, including the women who have mentored her over the years. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/tessa-smith/

This month’s episode features highlights from the previous month’s Illa Fabulis interviews:

Selin Murat • One of the founding documentary producers at Parabola Films, Selin talks about how she became interested in filmmaking and about the state of documentary in Canada today. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/selin-murat/

Cat Kidd • Cat is a writer and poet with a number of published works through Conundrum Press. She is also a spoken word performer who has toured her work all over the world.

Miranda Campbell • After completing her PhD in Education, Miranda published her first book Out of the Basement which looks at youth involved in cultural production and creative entrepreneurship.

This month’s episode features highlights from the previous month’s Illa Fabulis interviews:

Risa Dickens • One of the founders of Indyish.com, Risa works in web and is an arts advocate, musician and artist. She recently had an exhibit of her work for the Salon Data series at the Eastern Bloc gallery space in Montreal. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/risa-dickens/

Marilis Cardinal • Marilis handles press and PR for the Montreal indie label Arbutus Records. She selected the four songs we play in this episode, all from female-fronted bands on the Arbutus roster. Try to Be –Blue Hawaii, Genesis- Grimes, Turn Your Love Around –Topps, Oblivion – Grimes. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/marilis_cardinal/

This month’s episode features highlights from the first four Illa Fabulis interviews:

Lara Kramer • An independent choreographer and dancer based in Montreal. Her contemporary piece Fragments was inspired by her mother’s experiences in the residential schools.

Oh My Darling • Vanessa Kuzina, Rosalyn Dennett are two of the members of one of the hardest working all-female bands in Canada today.

Madeleine Thien • Award winning author of three books of fiction. Her first book, Simple Recipes, is a touching collection of short stories. She also wrote two critically acclaimed novels, Certainty and Dogs at the Perimeter.

Jess Salomon • Jess used to work in The Hague as a war crimes tribunal lawyer before returning to Montreal to take the leap into comedy.

Music Credits:

All the Sweetness from the Oh My Darling album Sweet NostalgiaA la Claire Fontaine from the Oh My Darling album Venez Dancer